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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

753 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SCOTT COUNTY AND 

  MOVING INTO MORGAN COUNTY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES

  OF RAIN PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FROM THE STORMS IN THE 

  REGION.



  SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED AT 730 PM UP TO ONE FOOT OF WATER

  OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 106...JUST SOUTH OF WINCHESTER.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP

  AND MOVE ACROSS SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 

  LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 10 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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GOETSCH



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